Post by Logan on Feb 5, 2017 5:05:05 GMT -6
In the first days of the Donald Trump presidency--and no, we don't know when we'll be able to write those three words without shuddering--two things have become clear.
Number one: Trump is going to be as horrible as anyone could have feared.
And number two: He's also going to be as widely resisted as anybody could have hoped--even if that means ordinary people have to drag their "representatives" into the fight.
After Trump shocked the world by winning the presidency and exposing the establishments of both the Republican and Democratic Parties as paper tigers, he figured he could bully the country into meekly accepting his right-wing "America First" agenda.
Read more: socialistworker.org/2017/02/01/the-people-versus-the-president
Number one: Trump is going to be as horrible as anyone could have feared.
And number two: He's also going to be as widely resisted as anybody could have hoped--even if that means ordinary people have to drag their "representatives" into the fight.
After Trump shocked the world by winning the presidency and exposing the establishments of both the Republican and Democratic Parties as paper tigers, he figured he could bully the country into meekly accepting his right-wing "America First" agenda.
Read more: socialistworker.org/2017/02/01/the-people-versus-the-president